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"The Birth of a Nation" 251
With the Dixon story and the play Mr. Griffith was quite familiar as he had heard from his friend Austin Webb, who had played the part of the mulatto Silas Lynch, about all the exciting times attending the performance of the play — the riots and all — and more he had heard from Claire MacDowell, who was also in the show, and more still from Mr. Dixon himself.
So David Griffith said to Frank Woods : "I think there's something to that. Now you call Mr. Dixon up, make an appointment to see him, and you talk it over, but say nothing about my being the same actor who worked for him once."
So the meeting was arranged ; the hour of the appointment approached; and as Mr. Woods was leaving on his important mission Mr. Griffith gave final parting instructions, "Now remember, don't mention I'm the actor that once worked for him, for he would not have confidence in me."
So while Tom Dixon nibbled his lunch of crackers, nuts, and milk, Mr. Woods, without revealing his little secret, unfolded the mighty plan, "We are going to sell Wall Street and get the biggest man in the business."
"Who?"
"D. W. Griffith."
"Oh, yes, I've heard a lot about him — he used to work for me."
Mr. Dixon was greatly interested and evinced no hesitation whatever in entrusting his sensational story of the South to his one-time seventy-five dollars a week actor. He'd already taken one sporting chance on it, why not another? Yes, Mr. Griffith could have his "Clansman" for his big picture.
H. E. Aitken, who had formed the Mutual Film Com